Eindrücke aus Montreal, Kanada
The English Pug and the French Poodle (Marc A. J. Fortier)
The inspiration for this work comes from the Commedia dell’arte and Two Solitudes from novelist Hugh MacLennan; these two snobs set up an ironically touching scene of the cultural distance between English and French Canadians.
A dashing looking English man, holding his pug, gives a superior stare at Notre-Dame Basilica, symbol of the religious influence on French Canadians. Feets away to the northern corner of the building, a woman in Chanel style suit, poodle against her, shoots an offended look to the Bank of Montreal’s head office, built in 1845-1847 and symbol of English power. With their masters oblivious to each other, the two dogs on the alert already sniffed out the opportunity to unite.
Eindrücke aus Montreal, Kanada
The English Pug and the French Poodle (Marc A. J. Fortier)
The inspiration for this work comes from the Commedia dell’arte and Two Solitudes from novelist Hugh MacLennan; these two snobs set up an ironically touching scene of the cultural distance between English and French Canadians.
A dashing looking English man, holding his pug, gives a superior stare at Notre-Dame Basilica, symbol of the religious influence on French Canadians. Feets away to the northern corner of the building, a woman in Chanel style suit, poodle against her, shoots an offended look to the Bank of Montreal’s head office, built in 1845-1847 and symbol of English power. With their masters oblivious to each other, the two dogs on the alert already sniffed out the opportunity to unite.